To all of you who struggle with making a consistently perfect cookie, today I am introducing you to my perfect solution: Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars. Maybe you've made them before, but if you haven't, and if you find yourself resorting to break-n-bake cookies when yours fall flat, these chocolate chip cookie bars will be a dream.
Cookies seem to mark my childhood memories. One of my earliest memories is helping my mom pour in sugar and flour and chocolate chips and getting to lick the bowl (raw eggs and all). And sadly, I think I've passed the tradition on to my own daughter. She knows to ask, "does this dough have raw egg in it?" Because occasionally I'll make a batch just for eating, where we substitute the eggs with applesauce or Greek yogurt. I should feel bad about it, but I don't. Life is short. Eat cookie dough when you feel you can afford it, that's my opinion.
Anyway, years ago, my mom and her best friend developed an amazing cookie recipe between the two of them that … [Read more...]